RUMBLE

rumble, gang fight

(noun) a fight between rival gangs of adolescents

rumble

(noun) a servant’s seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage

rumble, rumbling, grumble, grumbling

(noun) a loud low dull continuous noise; “they heard the rumbling of thunder”

grumble, growl, rumble

(verb) to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds; “he grumbled a rude response”; “Stones grumbled down the cliff”

rumble, grumble

(verb) make a low noise; “rumbling thunder”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

rumble (plural rumbles)

A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.

(slang) A street fight or brawl.

A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.

(dated) A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.

Verb

rumble (third-person singular simple present rumbles, present participle rumbling, simple past and past participle rumbled)

(intransitive) To make a low, heavy, continuous sound.

(transitive) To discover deceitful or underhanded behaviour.

(intransitive) To move while making a rumbling noise.

(slang, intransitive) To fight; to brawl.

(video games, intransitive, of a game controller) to provide haptic feedback by vibrating.

(transitive) To cause to pass through a rumble, or polishing machine.

(obsolete) To murmur; to ripple.

Interjection

rumble

An onomatopoeia describing a rumbling noise

Anagrams

• Blumer, Bulmer, lumber, umbrel

Proper noun

Rumble (plural Rumbles)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rumble is the 15748^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1851 individuals. Rumble is most common among White (83.68%) and Black/African American (12.64%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Blumer, Bulmer, lumber, umbrel

Source: Wiktionary

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Rum"ble, v. i. Etym: [OE. romblen, akin to D. rommeln, G. rumpeln, Dan. rumle; cf. Icel. rumja to roar.]

1. To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance. In the mean while the skies 'gan rumble sore. Surrey. The people cried and rombled up and down. Chaucer.

2. To murmur; to ripple. To rumble gently down with murmur soft. Spenser.

Rum"ble, n.

1. A noisy report; rumor. [Obs.] Delighting ever in rumble that is new. Chaucer.

2. A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railboard train. Clamor and rumble, and ringing and clatter. tennyson. Merged in the rumble of awakening day. H. James.

3. A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage. Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the rumble behind. Dickens.

4. A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or poliched by friction against each other. rumble seat, a seat in the rear of an automobile, outside the passenger cabin, which folds out from the body

Rum"ble, v. t.

Definition: To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble, n., 4.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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